Berenice
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Berenice or Berenike (Greek: Βερενίκη, Berenikē) is the Ancient Macedonian form for Attic Greek Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), meaning "bearer of victory", from φέρω (pherō) "to bear" + νίκη (nikē) "victory"[1]. Berenika priestess of Demetra in Lete ca. 350 BC is the oldest epigraphical evidence[2][3]. The Latin form of the same name is Veronica.
Many historical figures bear the name "Berenice":
- Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens in Cyrenaica and Egypt:
- Berenice I of Egypt, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice (Seleucid queen), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices.
- Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt. She first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
- Berenice IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
- Judean princesses:
- Berenice, daughter of Salome, a sister of Herod the Great
- Berenice, daughter of Herod Agrippa I
- Berenice, daughter of Mariamne, a daughter of Herod Agrippa I
- Saints:
- Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica, saint from Jerusalem
[edit] References
- ^ Berenike, Liddell and Scottt, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus
- ^ Lete Epigraphical Database
- ^ Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings [1] by Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos
